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John Gabriel Stedman (1744 – 7 March 1797) was a Dutch States Army officer and writer best known for writing The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam (1796). This narrative covers describes his experience in Suriname between 1773 and 1777, where he was a soldier in a Dutch regiment deployed to assist ...
Drawing of a Carib woman (1888) The Kalinago, also called Island Caribs [5] or simply Caribs, are an Indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.They may have been related to the Mainland Caribs (Kalina) of South America, but they spoke an unrelated language known as Kalinago or Island Carib.
Español: A Surinam Planter in his Morning Dress : plantador de Surinam. Grabado por William Blake, basado en un dibujo de John Gabriel Stedman para ilustrar su relato Narrative of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America ; from the year 1772, to 1777, publicado en 1796.
An illustration of a Dutch plantation owner and slave from William Blake's illustrations of the work of John Gabriel Stedman, first published in 1792–1794. The economy of the Colony of Suriname depended upon people enslaved at its plantations.
John Stedman may refer to: John Andrew Stedman (1778–1833), Dutch lieutenant-general who commanded the 1st Netherlands Division during the Waterloo campaign John Gabriel Stedman (1744–1797), British–Dutch soldier and author
Stedman, John Gabriel (1799-1800): Reize naar Surinamen en de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana; door den capitain John Gabriël Stedman met plaaten en kaarten. Naar het Engelsch, translated by Johannes Allart, Amsterdam. Stedman, John Gabriel (1992): Stedman's Surinam: Life in an Eighteenth
Mannix and Cowley's book and article included two engravings by William Blake after paintings by John Gabriel Stedman: "Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave" in Black Cargoes and "A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows" in their American Heritage article "Middle Passage".
A Dutch plantation owner and female slave from William Blake's illustrations of the work of John Gabriel Stedman, published in 1792–1794. Funeral at slave plantation, Suriname. Colored lithograph printed circa 1840–1850, digitally restored.